2017 Catfish Update Meeting
Auburn University – School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
& Aquaculture and Fisheries Business Institute (AFBI)
December 6, 2017
8:30 a.m. Registration begins
8:50-9:00 Terry Hanson Begin Meeting and Welcome
Joe Tomasso, Director AU School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences
Mitt Walker (ALFA) & Sid Nelson (ACP)
9:00-9:10 Alan Wilson “Controlling toxic algal blooms in catfish aquaculture ponds” & new grant
9:10-9:20 Cova Arias “Bioeconomics of Columnaris Disease in Catfish Aquaculture”
9:20-9:30 Terry Hanson “State of the Catfish Industry – 2017”
9:30-9:40 Bill Hemstreet “Disease impact in West Alabama Aquaculture in 2017”
9:40-9:50 Jesse James “2017 West Alabama Vaccine research field trials update”
9:50-10:00 Ben Beck, USDA-ARS, Eric Peatman, AU “Combined Research Summary”
10:00-11:30 Luke Roy (AU/ACES) & Jimmy Avery (MSU-Ext) “Avoiding Residues in Catfish”
11:30-11:50 Roger Barlow and Jeremy Robbins, The Catfish Institute “US Farm-Raised Catfish Promotion Programs”
11:50-12:00 Rex Dunham “Progress in Catfish Genetics”
12:00-12:45 Chef Chris Wilton, John Jensen “Catfish Appetizers”
12:00-12:45 Lunch and Aquaculture and Fisheries Business Institute (AFBI) Awards
12:45-1:30 Sponsor Recognition – Terry Hanson & Bill Hemstreet (AU)
1:30-1:40 Claude Boyd “Summary of Lauren Jeskovitch’s Split Pond Water Quality Research”
1:40-1:50 USDA APHIS Bird Depredation Update
1:50-2:00 Max Runge, Brittney Goodrich, Robert Page, William Kelley, Jessica Kelton, Kevin Burkett, ACES Farm and Agribusiness team “Who They Are and What They Are Doing”
2:00-2:10 Robert Page “Catfish Quickbooks”
2:10-2:30 Meeting Evaluation & Drawing for Door Prizes
2:30 p.m. Adjourn
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Greensboro Farmers Co-Op
Dombhart Farms & Catfish Supply
Aercon Technologies, LLC
The Catfish Institute
Harvest Select
ALFA Farmers
Southfresh Farms
Heartland Catfish
Alabama Catfish Feedmill, LLC
Alabama Farm Raised Catfish
Fish-Net Monitoring System
Alabama AG Credity
Alabama Catfish Producers